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Sunday, March 4, 2012

Blueberry Buttermilk Breakfast Cake

Yes, you read it right...cake for breakfast! I've mentioned before that we are a house that eats a LOT of pancakes, french toast and waffles, and I am still trying to shake up our mornings by adding a few new breakfast recipes into the mix. This weekend I decided to go with a Blueberry Buttermilk Breakfast cake. I saw it on Pinterest and it looked good enough to try! I adapted the recipe from Alexandra's Kitchen. Here is the recipe:

1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

Zest of one large lemon

7/8 cup + 1/2 tablespoon sugar*

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups + 1/8 cup flour**

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon kosher salt

2 cups fresh blueberries, washed

1/2 cup buttermilk

*Extra 1/2 tablespoon is for sprinkling on top

**Extra 1/8 cup is for tossing with blueberries

Preheat oven to 350F.In a large bowl, cream butter with lemon zest and 7/8 cup of sugar.Add the egg and vanilla and beat until combined.

In a separate bowl, mix together 2 cups flour, baking powder and salt.Gradually add the flour mixture to the batter a little at a time, alternating with the buttermilk.

In a small bowl, toss the blueberries with 1/8 cup of flour.Fold the blueberries into the batter.

Grease a 9 inch square baking pan.Spread the batter into the pan, batter will be thick.Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of sugar on top of the batter.Bake for 35-40 minutes or until done.Allow cake to cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.Serve warm.

VERDICT:

This was a wonderful change to our usual. Our 4 year old told me that it is his favourite, even more than ribs (and the kid LOVES ribs) - so that is saying a lot! He ate more than half the pan! (sure hope he doesn't get a tummy ache later). DH and I both enjoyed the cake too, especially since it is served warm. It's a keeper! And I bet raspberries or blackberries would be tasty in this too. Oh YUM...I can't wait for berry season!

45 comments:

I love this recipe! This would be so great for Easter Sunday! Thanks. Great to find your site, I'm always looking for new recipes for my family. So glad I found you on voiceBoks! Happily following you now, I look forward to benefiting from your addiction!

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Mmmm. This looks great! We too eat a lot of breakfast foods, this sounds like a great addition. I can't help but think of all the organic blueberries we have stashed in the freezer. Berry season sounds wonderful too! - I'll be sharing this post on FB!

This looks so good. I'll definitely make it and I'm going to share with my sis who can't get her girls to eat before school. They love blueberries so I think they'll love this!I'm a new follower and am looking forward to your posts.Cake for breakfast. Yes!~Tina

My kids love baked breakfast foods and if it has the word cake in it, they will be all over it!!! And we always have bags of frozen blueberries so this will be perfect! Thank you so much for sharing on Trick or Treat Tuesday!!!

I just made a variation of this as Gluten Free as my family contains to Celiacs. I used GF pancake mix and blueberries and I just realized I did this Vegan as well--you should try it. Took only a couple of minutes to whip it up and it's a smash hit!